Politics

Election of Iraqi President launches apparent Sudani gambit for second term

Iraqi insiders from across the political spectrum say Sudani is making a play to seize momentum and form a new government.

Newly elected Iraqi President Nizar Amedi (right) meets with Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani (left) in Baghdad in April 2026. (Photo credit: Iraqi Presidency)

Mar 22, 2016

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: March 22, 2016

Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers releases decisions of the Cabinet, Iraq Oil Report publishes a translation from the original Arabic.

Mar 17, 2016

Baghdad pressures KRG with Kirkuk crude export cut

Iraq's Oil Minister said federally produced Kirkuk crude cannot flow through Kurdistan's pipeline without a new oil deal.

Mar 16, 2016

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: March 15, 2016

Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers releases decisions of the Cabinet, Iraq Oil Report publishes a translation from the original Arabic.

Mar 14, 2016

Kirkuk crude shut in despite export pipeline restart

Politics likely at play with Kurdistan in need of cash from fields under federal control and Baghdad exerting leverage in dispute over oil rights.

Mar 8, 2016

Q&A: Ali al-Allaq, governor of the Central Bank of Iraq

The chief of Iraq’s lynchpin financial institution details the measures being used to prop up Iraq’s budget with its currency reserves.

Mar 8, 2016

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: March 8, 2016

Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers releases decisions of the Cabinet, Iraq Oil Report publishes a translation from the original Arabic.

Mar 2, 2016

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: March 1, 2016

Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers releases decisions of the Cabinet, Iraq Oil Report publishes a translation from the original Arabic.

Feb 23, 2016

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: Feb. 23, 2016

Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers releases decisions of the Cabinet, Iraq Oil Report publishes a translation from the original Arabic.

Feb 17, 2016

New rhetoric underscores entrenched Erbil-Baghdad oil disputes

Dueling statements by Iraqi PM Abadi and the KRG highlight the hard financial and political realities preventing oil and revenue cooperation.

Feb 17, 2016

Iraqi Cabinet decisions: Feb. 16, 2016

Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers releases decisions of the Cabinet, Iraq Oil Report publishes a translation from the original Arabic.